Oracle case: Can you write a library that provides compatibility with someone else's library?
Samsung case: Can you copy your competitor's handling of finger-to-screen events? The Oracle case was clearly more relevant to programmers. On Aug 25, 2012 4:07 AM, "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> wrote: > I completely fail to understand why we (and the rest of the blogosphere) > have spent hundreds of emails discussing the Oracle vs Google suite, as > something that could menace Android and thus the freedom to innovate, while > almost nothing has been said about the Apple vs Samsung, which is just a > proxy for Apple vs Google. BTW, Oracle has lost (at least the first round) > challenging on technical stuff, I mean something related to the > *implementation* of a VM, Apple has won on "pinch to zoom", which is 100x > absurd. My only explanation is a prejudice against Oracle (added to a > previous prejudice against Sun), which seems much stronger than the > prejudice against Apple. > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > [email protected] > http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <javaposse%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
